“You’ve got to wrap ‘em up in newspaper, not brown paper or white.”
How about this newspaper ad for a fish and chip shop? The lime segment is one I haven’t seen before. Lemon, yes, but lime? It even makes me think this particular chip shop is a little different to normal ones. First they show [...]
With a CD cover as nicely designed as this, I wonder if the music lives up to its expectation. You know, I think I’ll have to have a listen.
I came across this design when checking out the Creative Review (CR) blog and their Record Sleeves of the Week 5 article. The CR blog is really [...]
When I asked what you thought of my blog, I had no idea you’d provide such great suggestions.
This post is to flag my change of design to those of you who read through a feed reader or your email subscription. If you have some time I’d really appreciate your thoughts on the new look for [...]
If you have an interest in poster design I’d recommend taking a tour of this collection of Swiss poster designs. I’ve shown a small sample here and the one above was designed by Ralph Schraivogel, Zürich, 1994.
This poster (above) was designed by Kunstgewerbeschule, Zürich, in 1974.
Design by Bruno Monguzzi, 1995.
Design by Cornel Windlin, Zürich, 1997.
The [...]
One of the greatest poster design executions I’ve seen. It’s from Lippa Pearce who are now Pentagram partners. Excellent typography mixed with engaging photography.
I came across the poster after reading an article on Ben’s Noisy Decent Graphics blog on design. According to Ben the poster is the work of Harry Pearce (half of the Lippa [...]
The only award scheme in the world that is endorsed by over 50 national and international design associations is now open for entries.
It’s called Eulda 2007 (European Logo Design Awards) and European designers, studios, agencies and their clients are all invited to enter.
Any logo printed, published, broadcast or visible online between 1 January 2006 [...]
Here’s a nice example of typography, designed around a scene from the excellent Tarantino movie, Pulp Fiction. Please be aware that there’s some harsh language throughout the video clip.
Here’s a superb graphic interpretation that really got me thinking. The text is a little difficult to read so click on each flag to open a larger version in a new window / tab.
It’s by Brazilian Icaro Doria, and the series is called “Meet the World”. It’s a few years old so you might’ve seen [...]
Typography can be seen all around us, in almost every aspect of our lives. There’s a music video, called ‘The Child’ for French DJ Alex Gopher, which was created back in 1999 and it’s definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen it already. In fact, even if you have it’s still enjoyable.
The video is [...]
How big a movie fan are you? Do you get to the cinema early so you can watch the trailers or do you leave it until the last minute so you just catch the start of the main feature?
Me? I love movies. Especially those with an added design element at the beginning.
I was browsing through [...]